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Environmental Outcomes Report 2012-13 Commonwealth Environmental Water Office ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES REPORT 2012–13 Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Cover image: Red-kneed dotterel, Macquarie Marshes Photograph by David Straccione (CEWO) © Commonwealth of Australia 2013 This report should be cited as ‘Environmental Outcomes Report 2012–13’. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Department of the Environment, Public Affairs, GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 or email [email protected] ISBN: 978-1-921733-90-1 Design by Biotext ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES REPORT 2012–13 Contents Foreword iv Use of Commonwealth environmental water in 2012–13 1 Southern Basin outcomes 3 Murray ..................................................................................................................................................3 Lower Murray River Valley—Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth—South Australia ................................................................................................... 3 Mid-Murray—Edward-Wakool River and Tuppal, Gywnnes, Colligen, Yallakool, Jimaringle–Cockran and Gunbower creeks—New South Wales and Victoria ..................... 8 Murrumbidgee ...................................................................................................................................11 Northern Victoria ...............................................................................................................................14 Broken Creek ............................................................................................................................... 14 Campaspe ................................................................................................................................... 15 Goulburn ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Loddon ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Ovens ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Northern Basin outcomes 19 Northern Basin regulated catchments ............................................................................................. 19 Border Rivers ................................................................................................................................ 19 Gwydir ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Lachlan ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Macquarie .................................................................................................................................. 21 Namoi .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Northern Basin unregulated catchments ........................................................................................ 22 Barwon–Darling ........................................................................................................................... 22 Condamine–Balonne ................................................................................................................. 22 Moonie ......................................................................................................................................... 22 Resources 23 Acknowledgements 24 ii Foreword The 2012–13 watering year was particularly Wetlands important for the Commonwealth Environmental • connecting rivers to wetlands to support Water Office (the Office). It was the year in nutrient cycling and food chains which the Basin Plan was made and in which we reached a milestone of 2500 billion litres of • inundating vegetation and supporting Commonwealth environmental water delivered native plant and animal reproduction and since 2009. I announced the first agreement growth including bird breeding events. for the management of Commonwealth environmental water by a non-government Floodplains organisation, the Nature Foundation South Australia. The intention to place Commonwealth • supporting the growth and germination of environmental water local engagement officers important plant communities, such as river in regional areas in the Murray–Darling Basin (the red gums Basin) was also announced and negotiations with hosting organisations commenced. • connecting rivers to floodplains, thereby supporting food chains and Over the past five years, Commonwealth nutrient cycling. environmental watering has helped improve the health and resilience of the Basin’s The Office undertakes robust planning toinform ecosystems by: my decisions on the use of Commonwealth environmental water. This planning has become Rivers more sophisticated over time, with frameworks and approaches being adapted and improved • improving water quality by flushing salt, in response to results from monitoring and sediments and excess nutrients out of feedback on the outcomes of environmental the system through the Murray Mouth, watering. The Basin Plan’s environmental and providing refuges to help reduce watering plan adds another element to our the impacts of natural blackwater events planning. It facilitates the coordination of the caused by large rainfall-generated floods annual planning process at a Basin scale and requires the development of long-term watering • supporting native fish breeding and plans for each catchment. The environmental recruitment, as well as supporting their watering plan also provides environmental food sources objectives, along with targets to measure progress against the objectives. During • helping to improve the quality of habitat in 2012–13 the Office successfully commenced riverbank areas. the transition to meet the requirements of the Basin Plan. iv COMMONWEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL WATER OFFICE Short-term monitoring by scientists has been on the benefits they are observing from the use Macquarie River commissioned across a range of sites in the Basin of environmental water in their area. Some of catchment where Commonwealth environmental water has these views are also reflected in this report. Photograph by been delivered. This Outcomes Report identifies Daniel Rothenfluh (CEWO) the ecological outcomes of environmental I am very grateful for the time, expertise and watering based on the results of scientific advice provided by our delivery partners, other monitoring prior to 2012–13, as well as findings environmental water holders, members of our from operational monitoring and observed advisory panels, regional water management outcomes of watering actions. It is not cost advisory groups and the many landowners who effective to monitor every site; for sites without work with us to plan, manage and monitor the monitoring results, the 2012–13 outcomes have use of environmental water in the Basin. been inferred based on the operational data David Papps received and the best available science. Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Monitoring projects are not our only source of information about the results being achieved. Local communities, such as those in the Murrumbidgee and mid-Murray, are reporting ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES REPORT 2012–13 v Namoi River catchment Photograph by Neal Foster (NSW Office of Water) vi Use of Commonwealth environmental water in 2012–13 The 2012–13 year saw a return to drier conditions Over 240 billion litres of the total amount across most of the Basin. To ensure that the delivered was used to achieve multiple ecological restoration of river and wetland environmental outcomes at multiple sites in the communities that began with the breaking of southern connected Basin. This was an efficient the drought and the wetter conditions from use of water that maximised environmental 2010 to early 2012 continued, Commonwealth outcomes at both the local and Basin scales. environmental watering was used to build on Carryover from the previous year was also used and maintain the momentum of restoration to enable environmental watering early in the and help build resilience in preparation for the season and to supplement annual allocations. next drought. The planning for annual use and By drawing on carryover more water was used in management of Commonwealth environmental 2012–13 than was received in new allocations. water in 2012–13 was undertaken in a robust and Black-winged stilts, Commonwealth environmental water was comprehensive manner consistent with the Basin Gwydir catchment Plan as it was being finalised. delivered by river operators, usually with Photograph by water from other environmental water holders Bruce Campbell (CEWO) Commonwealth environmental water was including state governments, the Murray– used in 34 environmental watering actions Darling Basin Authority and non-government across 15 Basin catchments in 2012–13. A organisations. Further details of the Office’s total of 1,272 billion litres of Commonwealth activities in 2012–13 are in the Commonwealth environmental water was used to: environmental water annual report 2012–13. • provide river flows that supported
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